Newcastle Upon Tyne – The latest place afflicted by Islamic groomers?

A while back I covered the story of Operation Sanctuary which is trying to smash a huge child exploitation ring in Newcastle.  We should expect the list of those arrested to contain a lot of Muslims because as the blogger Kafircrusader said the police probe was looking at people living in an area of Newcastle known to have a high concentration of Muslims.

The number of people arrested by the Operation Sanctuary team is growing with 67 people being arrested for offences related to child exploitation. Also the police are revising the number of potential victims in this case but revising them upward.  It is now possible that there could be more than the previously stated 80 victims out there.

The website of the Newcastle Chronicle said:

“A police probe into the sexual exploitation of teenagers on Tyneside has uncovered a hidden epidemic of abuse stalking our streets.

Northumbria Police launched Operation Sanctuary in January with a wave of arrests after receiving a report expressing concern for one girl.

But as the investigation continues detectives have discovered a widespread problem of vulnerable women and girls being abused by predatory men.

Operation Sanctuary has now been broadened to include all incidents of females being sexually assaulted after being targeted because of their vulnerability.

A dedicated team of detectives has been charged with identifying potential victims and bringing their abusers to book.

So far 67 people have been arrested and officers have identified around 80 potential victims.

But Northumbria Police’s Deputy Chief Constable, Steve Ashman, told the Chronicle those figures are likely to rise as detectives learn more about a secret culture of abuse that is blighting Tyneside communities.

He said: “We have made 67 arrests, nine people have been charged and we have identified 80 women and girls we need to speak to. Sadly I think that 80 will grow.

“This investigation has broadened considerably since it was first launched at the start of the year. The amount of information coming in has been staggering.

“But what binds all these victims together is that they are vulnerable. That could be because they are drunk, or it could be because they are homeless, have learning difficulties, or have a drug addiction. This has been a very difficult investigation so far, but I think we have got to grips with it.”

In the early stages of Operation Sanctuary was looking into a number of “conspiracies” between linked suspects and potential victims.

Detectives are probing situations in which predatory men have befriended vulnerable girls and women and started relationships with them, before taking advantage of them and passing them around other men to be sexually abused.

However, officers have since uncovered a culture of predatory behaviour of individual men targeting individual women, often because they are drunk, with incidents of men posing as taxi drivers to pick up drunken women.”

Read the rest of the story here:  http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/operation-sanctuary-sex-exploitation-probe-6887954

Just reading about the types of victims and those details of the  modus operandi of those allegedly involved reminds me a lot of other child exploitation cases where there was an Islamic element.

I think that this case may turn out to be one of the bigger Islamic Grooming Gang cases we have had so far.  What started out with a complaint from one girl has started to uncover something far worse and far more widespread.